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Billy Cobham Announces Online Drum School
California-based music education company ArtistWorks will premiere the ArtistWorks Drum Academy (ADA) with the debut of online schools from three of the world's most accomplished, respected and talented drummers: world-renowned jazz and drumming legend Billy Cobham, drumming superstar/producer Thomas Lang, and latin percussion Icon Luis Conte. Launching on December 8th, both the Billy Cobham Drum School ...
Bob Reynolds to Present Free Master Class This Saturday, November 12 at Saxquest
Saxophonist Bob Reynolds (pictured), known for his association with hit-making singer/songwriter John Mayer, will be in St. Louis to present a free master class at 2:00 p.m. this Saturday, November 12 at Saxquest, 2114 Cherokee St. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, Reynolds also has performed or recorded with other well-known musicians such as Michael ...
Jazz Arts Group Awarded $85,000 from JPMorgan Chase for Jazz Academy's Creative Communities
Columbus, OH: The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) will continue its partnership with the JPMorgan Chase Foundation to serve the greater Columbus and Weinland Park areas through its Jazz Academy community and school programs. With its recent $85,000 award to the Creative Communities" project, JPMorgan Chase has invested nearly a quarter million dollars in this ...
Missouri Composers Orchestra Project seeks recent works for performance in March
Columbia, MO: The Columbia Civic Orchestra (CCO) and the Mizzou New Music Initiative are looking for recent orchestral compositions written by Missouri residents to perform at a concert in March, 2012. To inaugurate the Missouri Composers Orchestra Project, a new program sponsored by the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation, the CCO will present a concert of six recent ...
Herb Alpert Educational Village Celebration November 4
On November 4th, at 10 AM, members of the New Roads School community, together with the New Visions Foundation, benefactor Herb Alpert, supporters, and education and community leaders, will mark a significant milestone in the creation of The Herb Alpert Educational Village, as they celebrate completion of steel framing for the centerpiece Performing Arts and Leadership ...
Student Songwriters Collaborate Online Through Berklee PULSE Partnership with Kompoz
Berklee PULSE, Berklee City Music Network's web-based music education program, has formed a partnership with Kompoz, a platform for crowd-sourcing music creation, that connects students at 32 City Music Network sites across the U.S. For Berklee PULSE, Kompoz offers a creative outlet to young musicians who might not have access to other musicians in-person, and gives ...
Jazz Artists Jane Monheit and Rick Montalbano Join Usdan Center Leadership Council
Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist and Usdan alumna Jane Monheit and her husband, drummer Rick Montalbano, have joined the Leadership Council of Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, the nationally renowned summer arts day camp. The Leadership Council is composed of prominent business and civic leaders. It is the Center's advocate in the philanthropic and business ...
Dennis Owsley to Present Workshop on "Miles Davis: Jazzman"
Radio host, photographer and jazz historian Dennis Owsley will present Miles Davis: Jazzman," an educational workshop in three weekly sessions, beginning at 7:00 p.m. next Thursday, October 27 at the Ethical Society, 9001 Clayton Rd. The workshop will examine the personality, influences, and career of one of the most restless, creative individuals ever to play music ...
Seventh annual Creating Original Music Project (C.O.M.P.) competition offers prizes, recognition for Missouri student composers
Columbia, MOFrom concert halls to Hollywood movies to TV, video games, commercials and more, every minute of music we hear starts with a composerand every composer needs a start. Giving young composers their start is the purpose of the Mizzou New Music Initiative's Creating Original Music Project (C.O.M.P), an annual statewide competition now in its seventh ...
Anatomy of a Unique Jazz Camp
Last July I had the distinct pleasure of traveling down to New Orleans on a JazzTimes assignment for their annual jazz education issue (published October 2011). The occasion was the Louis Satchmo" Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp, held typically the first 3 weeks of July on the campus of Loyola University. For those not familiar with the ...


